Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-20-BO: 42-31432 to 42-31631 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 381st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 534th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | GD-N |
| MACR | 3821 |
| Fate: |
, Lost by flak/aa-fire (11 April 1944) |
History of
B-17 42-31497 / Round Trip Jeannie
Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Wilmington 13/12/43; Westover 16/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-N] Ridgewell 22/1/44; MIA Cottbus 11/4/44 Pilot: Bob Hesse, Co-Pilot: Bob Gatewood, Navigator: Theo Noga, Bombardier: Leo Bach, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Brua Hollenbeck, Radio Operator: Frank Sexton, Ball Turret Gunner: Bernie Blanch, Waist Gunner: Alvin Nelson, Tail Gunner: Roy Puryear (9POW); flak, crashed Welkenberg, six miles SW of Weisswasser, Germany. MACR 3821. (First group loss with only a nine man crew-less a waist gunner) ROUND TRIP JEANNIE.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
This page was last updated on 17 November 2018
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